The Poetry Marathon

Hello

Hi everyone. I am a newbie to the marathon. I look forward to the challenge. Hope everyone is healthy. Talk to you in the morning.

jane

Me in a Nutshell

• http://www.financialtechnologyafrica.comRarzack Olaegbe is my name. I am a journalist with over two decades of journalism practice.
  
  I have been privileged to report different beats including politics, health, society and entertainment, information technology, telecoms and financial technology for magazines and newspapers including Business in ECOWAS magazine, Classique magazine, Daily Times, TheNews, PM News among others.
  
  I am a columnist with The Nation newspaper, National Economy, Front Page.com, Brandish journal published in Vanguard newspaper. I contribute regularly to Media Watch, a radio programme of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).
  
  As the Managing Editor of Financial technology magazine and Financialtechnologyafrica.com, an online fintech publication, my work is managing and curating content on a regular basis and also ensuring the quality and fidelity of announcements.
  
  Besides my journalism practice, it is an honour to be involved http://www.financialtechnologyafrica.com with niche events like the Lagos Fintech Week, Financial Inclusion Conference and Awards, TEDxIkeja, Demo Africa etc. Well, that is me in a nutshell.

Introduction from Ingrid

Hi Everyone!!!!

I am so-o- happy to be back! I have done the Poetry Marathon (Half actually…) twice and, this will be my third time! For a number of reasons, I just haven’t been writing that much lately. I hope that The Poetry Marathon can help to jump start the creative juices and get me back on track. I just have a few questions…Where are the prompts again…fb page or webpage? And, we start at 9 am, correct. Do we post poems at exactly 1 hr intervals?

 

Thanks for the guidance!

 

Ingrid

First time marathon participant from Scotland!

Hi, my name is Kat and this is my first poetry marathon. I’m an English literature student at Stirling Uni in Scotland, and I love writing so I’m super excited for the marathon. My biggest influences are Angela Carter and Leonora Carrington so I’m planning to write some fairytale inspired pieces! I’m a little nervous though.

Half Marathon Prep

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Another year, another half trot around the corral! I look forward to calling my inner muse to come out to play, stretching her sweet lace poetry wings out far and wide. May a word strand stumble forth, worthy of, if nothing else, the sheer eloquence of creativity.

3rd year half marathoner back!

I am looking forward to my 3rd year with the poetry marathon. It has allowed me the space to focus on my work and create poems I never thought I could produce. I am releasing my first poetry book, ” A Divine Collection of Chaos” next month and I give a shout out to the poetry marathon for helping me create pieces for the book! Follow my Instagram for more info on the book release @divinecollectionofchaos

Hello fellow marathoners!

I am a newbie but am looking forward to the challenge! I have been writing mostly poetry all my life and have had a few pieces published in anthologies. My writing group friends have encouraged me to pursue my poetry and having a book published. I hope you are all healthy and safe. Hope to connect with as many as possible. Best of luck to all!

jane

Hi from Oregon

Hi, my name is Beth and I am a poet, writer, editor — and this is my first time doing the poetry marathon. I’ve been a bit stagnant as a poet, focusing on other writing, but have felt that tug to start writing poetry again. So when this opportunity hit my inbox, it sounded like the perfect way to do that! And also a great way to stay away from the stress of the news cycle!

How am I preparing for this? I have literally dozens of snippets of poems that have been floating around in my brain, so I’m fairly confident of having enough ideas, plus we’ll have the other prompts. I have some prompt options, too. Mostly I’m focusing on high energy snacks and stocked in lots of water and juice. I can’t have caffeine, so I am at a disadvantage to all you lop and coffee drinkers. However, I do have plenty of chocolate, my stimulant of choice!

Looking forward to hanging out with all of you on the Facebook page! 🙂

 

 

Thanks!

Needed a reminder to figure out my !@#$^#%$^%$ password, username and how to publish. It’s been a while. 🙂

All set for tomorrow and looking forward to it!

Thanks,
jc the poet

A little bit of introduction

Last year it was a skeptical approach.

I had registered  for the Poetry Half Marathon,  12 poems in 12 hours. I was pretty sure I was going to fail. Being sure of failure took away the sting of a possible incomplete marathon. At the end of 12 straight hours of writing poetry, like my fellow marathoners I was exhausted. More than that, I was awed at the possibilities that participating in the half marathon opened up.

It is that awe and inspiration that gives me the courage to participate in the full marathon, 24 straight hours of creating poetry. How am I equipped for it? Firstly, keeping myself hydrated with plenty of water as the temperatures touch 30 degrees this weekend in Graz,Austria.  Secondly, I plan to keep the inspiration flowing with my life’s bible, Letters to Theo by Vincent Van Gogh, in arms length. Thirdly, coffee. Fourthly, I plan to document my thoughts when I am not writing that hour’s poem, so that i can share them later with others. And finally, write as my thoughts bleed.